MG dominating LMP675 at Le Mans

The "junior" prototype class at Le Mans, LMP675, looks like an MG rout
early on in the race.
After three hours, the Anthony Reid-Warren Hughes-Jonny Kane ...

The "junior" prototype class at Le Mans, LMP675, looks like an MG rout
early on in the race.

After three hours, the Anthony Reid-Warren Hughes-Jonny Kane #26 MG was
holding down not only the top spot in LMP675, but also the fourth place
overall, ahead of the Audi Sport Japan Goh entry currently driven by
Yannick Dalmas -- and lapping faster as well.

Mark Blundell.

Photo by Carlo Rovatti.

The sister #27 car, with ex-Formula One drivers Mark Blundell and Julian
Bailey on the team, suffered from extra-long pit stops, seven minutes in all and
dropping the "name" crew down by two laps and down to 13th overall. That's
still good enough for second in class, though.

The next LMP675 runners, the #29 Reynard-Lehmann and #25 WR-Peugeot are
much further back, another three laps down on the second-placed MG and
behind the top LM GTS runners, Ron Fellows (Chevrolet Corvette) and Rickard
Rydell (Ferrari 550).

The final runner in the class is now KnightHawk Racing's Lola-MG, four laps
behind the fifth-placed #28 Reynard.

KnightHawk suffered early electronics gremlins, causing an overboost
problem on the engine. The team finally managed to bypass the problems
using a software solution, but not until it had lost nearly thirty minutes
in the pits.

Like with the leading Audis in "senior" LMP900 category, it seems that the
only way anyone can challenge the MG superiority is through reliability.
Will the green octagons last through the night?